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Rosario Dawson
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Rent (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
- Chelsea Walls
- Chelsea Walls
- Chelsea Walls
- O. C. T. - Occult Crimes Taskforce
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress and activist. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), 25th Hour (2001), Men in Black II (2002), The Rundown (2003), Rent (2005), Sin City (2005), Clerks II (2006), Death Proof (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Percy Jackson &…
Known for
- Campeón Gabacho2026
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Claire Temple2026
- Opus — Billie Holiday (voice)2025
- E.B. White's Charlotte's Web — Edith Zuckerman (voice)2025
- Frank Miller: American Genius — Self2024
- Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen — Narrator2024
- The 4:30 Movie — Melody's Aunt2024
- My First Horror Film2024
- Soul Paint2024
- Haunted Mansion — Gabbie2023
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Rosario Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress and occasional singer best known for her roles in films such as Sin City, Rent and Clerks II. Dawson was born in New York City to Isabelle, a Bronx-born professional vocalist, and Greg Dawson, a construction worker. The two are now divorced. Her father is of Native American and Irish ancestry and her mother is of Puerto Rican and Afro-Cuban ancestry. Dawson grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side and has a brother named Clay. <a href="https
Key facts
- Born
- Rosario Isabel Dawson , ( 1979-05-09 ) May 9, 1979 (age 47) , New York City, U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress activist
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Partner
- Cory Booker (2018–2022)
- Children
- 1 (adopted)
- Awards
- Full list
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rosario
- Family name
- Dawson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Hunter College
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Rosario Dawson 2025.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Rosario Dawson
- date of birth
- 1979-05-09
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- name in native language
- Rosario Dawson
- birth name
- Rosario Isabel Dawson
- social media followers
- 779690
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- Taíno people
- different from
- Roxann Dawson
- described at URL
- baike.sogou.com/v56564374.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress and activist. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama Kids. Her subsequent film roles include He Got Game (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), 25th Hour (2002), Men in Black II (2002), The Rundown (2003), Rent (2005), Sin City (2005), Clerks II (2006), Death Proof (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Unstoppable (2010), Zookeeper (2011), Trance (2013), Top Five (2014), Zombieland: Double Tap (2019), Clerks 3 (2022), and Haunted Mansion (2023). Dawson has provided voice-over work for Disney/Marvel, Warner Bros./DC Comics, and Paramount Skydance's Nickelodeon unit. She is also recognized for her portrayal of the live-action Ahsoka Tano in the Star Wars franchise.
Dawson had several roles in film and television adaptations of comic books. These include Gail in Sin City (2005) and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Claire Temple in five of the Marvel Netflix series (2015–2018), and providing the voices of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Space Jam: A New Legacy and Barbara Gordon / Batgirl in The Lego Batman Movie. In 2021, she had a recurring role in the Dwayne Johnson autobiographical comedy series Young Rock and a main role in the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rosario Dawson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.